[ Thanks to David
Barnett for this link. ]
“Jerry Harold, president and co-founder of Network Security
Technologies, said the program targets computers using high-speed
Internet connections, cable modems or corporate networks. The
program has a built-in defense mechanism which often allows it to
pass undetected by a virus scanner, Harold said. Once opened, the
file infiltrates the computer, turns it into a “zombie” machine
controlled by hackers.”
“The hackers distribute a piece of malicious code, a “Trojan
horse,” disguised as a video clip or other downloadable file,
according to a law enforcement official. … The file is believed
to end with the extension “.avi” and contain a compressed,
malicious executable file that ends with the extension “.exe”.
“
“When a fake movie clip is activated, the executable program
— called “Serbian Badman Trojan” — runs without any visible clues
to the user, NETSEC said. The program sends passwords, network
details and other information to the hackers.”